Liza Minnelli checks into rehab for alcohol abuse

Liza Minnelli has checked into a Malibu rehab facility for substance abuse. Her rep confirmed that she is making “excellent progress at the treatment center” according to TMZ. The rep added: “Liza has valiantly battled substance abuse over the years.”

Liza has been to rehab many times with the most recent one in 2004.

Her mother Judy Garland battled drug and alcohol addiction all her life and overdosed on June 22, 1969 at age 47.